Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Wealth Hospitality Group, a new company formed by a merger of Fusion Hospitality and Heritage Hospitality Group, has acquired the Residence Inn in Jackson, Tennessee.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThailand: Ascott has announced plans to open a 445-unit Somerset property in in Ratchadapisek-Rama 9, the new Central Business District of Bangkok.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSingapore: CapitaLand Group has appointed Ascott CEO Kevin Goh as CEO, Lodging.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: BridgeStreet is closing properties it operates under its own brand in the US due to the impact of the Coronavirus.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIndonesia: Oakwood has opened Oakwood Apartments PIK Jakarta, its third property in the city.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Red Roof, which operates the HomeTowne Studios brand, is introducing day rates for remote workers in response to pandemic-enforced changes to the working environment.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: My Place Hotels has announced the opening of My Place Hotel-West Phoenix/Avondale, AZ.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Developer E O’Grady’s proposals to convert the grade one-listed former Lloyds Bank in Birkenhead’s Hamilton Square into a 10-bedroom aparthotel has received planning approval.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Almost one week after Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the launch of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, the government has published guidance for employers to claim funding for employee wages.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Walker & Williams, which owns and operates four aparthotels in the north-west of England, has secured a five figure finance package from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.